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Definition of feringhee in English: feringhee(also feringhi) nounfəˈrɪŋɡifəˈriNGɡē 1derogatory (in India and other parts of Asia) a foreigner, especially one with white skin. 〈主贬〉（印度和中、远东部分地区）外国人（尤指白人） Example sentencesExamples - The casualties on the winning side were four white and eight black soldiers killed, 14 feringhee and 36 native soldiers wounded!
- Europeans, too, are very little known here, and I heard the children continually calling out to us, as we passed through the villages, 'Feringhee'.
2archaic A person of Indian–Portuguese parentage. 〈古〉印（度）葡（萄牙）混血儿
OriginVia Urdu from Persian firangī, from the base of Frank. Definition of feringhee in US English: feringhee(also feringhi) nounfəˈriNGɡē 1derogatory (in India and other parts of Asia) a foreigner, especially one with white skin. 〈主贬〉（印度和中、远东部分地区）外国人（尤指白人） Example sentencesExamples - Europeans, too, are very little known here, and I heard the children continually calling out to us, as we passed through the villages, 'Feringhee'.
- The casualties on the winning side were four white and eight black soldiers killed, 14 feringhee and 36 native soldiers wounded!
2archaic A person of Indian–Portuguese parentage. 〈古〉印（度）葡（萄牙）混血儿
OriginVia Urdu from Persian firangī, from the base of Frank. |